wash vs fret

wash and fret both are nouns.

wash and fret both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wash	Yes	No	Yes	No
fret	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fret is a hypernym of wash; that is, fret is a word with a broader meaning than wash:

wash: form by erosion
fret: remove soil or rock

Other hypernyms of wash include eat away, erode.

wash (noun)	fret (noun)
any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out	a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)	an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering	a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
a watercolor made by applying a series of monochrome washes one over the other	agitation resulting from active worry
a thin coat of water-base paint
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)
the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)

wash (verb)	fret (verb)
cleanse (one's body) with soap and water	wear away or erode
to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking	remove soil or rock
remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent	cause friction
make moist	be too tight; rub or press
wash or flow against	decorate with an interlaced design
form by erosion	carve a pattern into
wash by removing particles	be agitated or irritated
cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water	cause annoyance in
separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals)	gnaw into; make resentful or angry
clean with some chemical process	worry unnecessarily or excessively
apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to	become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
move by or as if by water	provide (a musical instrument) with frets
be capable of being washed
admit to testing or proof

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